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/IN attempt to compile a list of the Harvard men who gave 
their services to the United States Government duri^ig 
the war with Spain convinced the Editors of The Crimson early 
in the autiumi that some sort of supplement wottld be necessary. 
As the names came in, the stipplement grew until it seemed best 
to publish it i7i its prese7it fonn, and to insert photographs of the 
men who died. 

It is to be hoped that a final and authoritative war roll will 
soon be published, bid for the time being this pamphlet is issued 
in the belief that it may prove useful or acceptable to Harvard 
m.en. 

The expenses qf its publication have become so co7isiderable 
that to distribute it free is impossible . 

Grateful ack^iowledgments are due to the Deptity Keeper of 
the College Archives, Mr. W. G. Brown, 'gi, to the designer 
of the cover, and to the author of the paragraphs on page j, 
who wishes to be nameless. 



HS it was in '6i, so in the early spring of '98, in fewer 
numbers perhaps, because the need was less, but with 
just such a strong spirit as before, the men of Harvard Uni- 
versity enlisted in the forming regiments for the front. Some 
went as commissioned officers, some as privates ; some were 
in the infantr}^ others in the cavalry, others wore sewed to 
the sleeve of their shirts the red cross of the hospital corps ; 
everywhere throughout the vast extent of armies, in Cuba, in 
Porto Rico, or left behind to sweat and toil in weariness, men 
we had known and men we had heard of, were they placed in 
command of companies, or in the third relief of the guard, 
were doing w^hat ought to be done. 

One man, a Senior, who enlisted as a private in the very 
beginning, was given a commission before there had been 
any fighting ; and when the fighting began, he was promoted. 
By a brave regiment he was called a brave man. 

There are no more battles now. The men are returning 
and we see them about the college as before, but of course 
not all who went in the spring ; for the work that these men 
had set out to do would not permit of that. And to those 
whom we shall not see here, either this year or the next, who 
fought as their teaching had told them, and did it well, to 
them full honor is owing, and to them is given in sadness the 
great love of this University of Harvard. Hollister, Furness, 
Sanders, Crapo, Adsit, I^ahman, Henshaw, Wheeler, Stover, 
Talcott — they are the men who have gone. They died in 
service, and when they were buried, United States troops 
stood at attention. 




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OuvKR Bridgf:s Hknsiiaw, '93. 



OLIVER BREDGES HENSHAW. 

/JJIvIVER BRIDGES HKNSHAW, '93, died at Camp Alger, 
Va., on July 4, of an injury received while serving as a 
private in Troop C, a cavalry organization of the National 
Guard of New York, locally known as " The Brooklyn Invin- 
cibles." He was kicked by his file leader's horse during a 
dress parade of his regiment on July 3, receiving the injury 
from which he died the next day. 

Henshaw, the son of William Henshaw, was born in 
Boston on December 27, 1870, but spent most of his early life 
in Cambridge, where he attended the public schools. He 
entered Harvard with the Class of Ninety-three, and soon 
attained a high standing in his chosen branches of study, mod- 
ern languages and philosophy. After his graduation he was 
appointed Instructor of Philosophy in the University of Cali- 
fornia, where he remained for two years, receiving his A. M. 
there. He then secured a travelling fellowship from Harvard, 
and spent a year at Berlin acquiring German and studying 
Philosophy at the University for his Ph. D. For his degree 
he wrote on "The Principle of Individuation." After his 
return he became a professor in the Cosmopolitan University, 
and took considerable part in forming the Cosmopolitan 
Magazine. Besides his work on this magazine, he wrote for 
the International Bureau of Information. He left his books 
on philosophy, numbering about two hundred volumes, to 
the Harvard College library. 



PHILIP ASHLEY CRAPO. 

nSHILIP ASHIvEY CRAPO, I.. S. '94, a private in Com- 
" pany F and clerk of the regimental quartermaster, 
Fiftieth Iowa Infantry, died at St. L/uke's Hospital, Jackson- 
ville, Florida, on Sunday, September 18, of typhoid fever con- 
tracted in camp. 

Crapo, son of Hon. Philip M. Crapo, was born in Burling- 
ton, Iowa, July 17, 1873. He passed through the public 
schools and attended the High School for a half year. In the 
fall of 1887 he entered Phillips Exeter Academy and com- 
pleted his course with credit in 1891. He then entered Har- 
vard College but, deciding to study immediately for his 
selected profession, was transferred to the I^aw School, from 
which he graduated in 1894. He was interested in college 
athletics, and at one time was manager of the base-ball team. 

Returning to Burlington, Crapo passed the Iowa Bar 
examinations, ranking as one of the two best of twenty-five 
candidates. Soon he was admitted to the Nebraska Bar and 
practised at Omaha for a year. In the spring of 1897, he 
removed to New York City. After passing the required 
examinations and devoting some time to writing a short 
treatise of merit entitled ' ' Science of Money, ' ' he began 
practice, which he continued until the outbreak of the war. 

Crapo returned to Burlington to organize a company to go 
to the war, but the conditions at that time not being favorable 
for another call for troops, he enlisted as a private, early in 
July, and, taking charge of several other recruits, hastened 
to join Company F, Fiftieth Iowa Infantry, then in camp at 
Jacksonville, Fla. After drilling for two months, Crapo was 
detailed as clerk of the regimental quartermaster. While 
serving in this capacity, he was taken sick with malarial 
fever. A furlough to go home was urged upon him, but he 
refused because of his work. Soon typhoid fever developed. 
He was taken to St. L,uke's Hospital on September 2, and 
died sixteen days later. 




Philip Ashi^ey Crapo, h. S. '94. 



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STANLEY HOLLISTER. 

gTANI^EY HOI.I.ISTKR, '97> died at the army hospital 
at Fortress Monroe, Va., on the evening of August 17, 
of typhoid fever contracted while serving in Cuba as a private 
in Troop A of the Rough Riders. Wounds received in battle 
compelled him to go to the hospital before the fever developed. 

Stanley Hollister was twenty-three years old at the time 
of his death. His home was in Santa Barbara, California, 
where he prepared for college at the Berkeley School. He 
entered Harvard with the Class of Ninety-seven, and was in 
the Law School when he joined the army. He was always 
prominent in college athletics, being a substitute on the '94 
'Varsity crew, and a regular oar in the crews of '95 and '96. 
He was a member of the Institute of 1770 and the Hasty 
Pudding Club. 

Hollister and a number of friends, among whom were 
Sanders, Goodrich, Scull, Sayre, Bull, Scudder, Murchie, 
Dean and Coleman, were the first Harvard men to be selected 
by Colonel Roosevelt to serve in his regiment of Rough Riders. 
They went South on May 2 and joined the regiment at San 
Antonio, Texas. Hollister was assigned to Troop A. He 
ser^-ed with his regiment in all its engagements in the 
Santiago campaign. At the charge of San Juan Hill, he 
was twice wounded, in the breast by a piece of a shell and 
in the thigh by a bullet. After ten days in the field hos- 
pital at Siboney, he was brought North to Fortress Monroe. 
His wounds were healing and his strength returning, but 
typhoid then developed and caused his death. 



WILLIAM HUNTINGTON SANDERS, 

Tirri ILLIAM HUNTINGTON SANDERS, of the Class of 
Ninety-seven, died of malarial fever and d3'sentery on 
August 12, while on board the hospital ship I^os Angeles, in 
Santiago Harbor. He was a private in Troop B of the Rough 
Riders, with whom he served in all their actions of the Cuban 
campaign. 

Sanders was a resident of Salem, Mass., where he pre- 
pared for college. In 1893 he entered the Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology, where he remained for one term and 
was then transferred to the L-awrence Scientific School. He 
graduated from Harvard in 1897, a prominent and popular 
member of his class. He played on his Freshman base-ball 
and foot-ball teams, and, in his Senior 5-ear, was manager of 
the 'Varsity base-ball team. He was a member of the Insti- 
tute of 1770 and of the Hasty Pudding Club. 

On May 2, Sanders with some friends went to Washing- 
ton, where they immediately enlisted in the Rough Riders 
and proceeded to San Antonio, Texas. The Harvard men 
were distributed among the various commands, Sanders 
being assigned to Troop B. Sanders was in all the battles 
of his regiment. He had many narrow escapes but was 
never wounded. He was always exposed, especially in the 
assault of San Juan Hill, when he was Colonel Roosevelt's 
orderly. On July 6, Sanders had a slight attack of malaria, 
and a second more severe one on July 23. He was ordered to 
the General Hospital at Santiago on July 30. But no ambu- 
lance was sent for him, and accordingly his tent-mate Dean 
mounted him on a horse and took him to Santiago. But they 
could not find the hospital. Dean therefore left Sanders in 
charge of the steward of the Marine Hospital with the latter's 
promise to have him taken to a hospital boat in the Bay before 
sundown. But the promise was not kept. Sanders lay on the 
piazza of the Marine Hospital for two days, feeble, without 
remedies or care. He was then removed to the ship I^os 
Angeles. But it was too late. He died August 12, and 
was buried in Salem with full military honors. 

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WII.I.IAM Huntington Sander.s, '97. 




Wij.i.iAM Akiju, Talcutt, L,. vS. '97. 



WILLIAM ARIEL TALCOTT/JR. 

ILUAM ARIEL TAlvCOTT, Jr., L. S. '97. died of 
malarial fever at the Larkin House, Watch Hill, R. I., 
on the morning of September i. He was a corporal of 
Company M, Seveut3^-first New York, and contracted the fever 
while serving in Cuba with his regiment. 

Although a member of the First Corps of Cadets, Boston, 
Talcott, at the first rumor of war, enlisted as a private in 
the Seventy-first New York, a regiment he felt sure would 
be sent to the front. He soon won his corporal's stripes, 
and later, in the field before Santiago, he was given a 
second lieutenantcy in the regular army, being assigned to 
duty with the Seventh Infantry. He went through the 
Cuban campaign safely, while the soldier beside him in the 
battle of San Juan was wounded six times. But he was 
stricken with fever on the returning transport. Grand 
Duchess. He passed through the detention camp at Mon- 
tauk Point, and as soon as possible was taken by his father to 
Watch Hill, where his family was spending the summer. 
There was every hope of his recovery when an unexpected 
relapse caused his death. The burial took place at Talcott' s 
home in Rockford, Illinois. 

Talcott was born February 25, 1875, in Rockford, 
Illinois. He graduated in 1893 from Amherst, where he was 
one of the most prominent members of his class. He was 
leader of the Banjo Club, member of the foot-ball team for 
three years, and a prominent speaker and scholar. After a 
year's graduate study at Amherst he came to the Harvard 
Law School, where he was graduated in 1897. Although ill- 
health compelled him to spend most of his first year in 
Europe, he was able to attain a high standard in his Law 
School work. In January he was admitted to the New York 
bar and joined the firm of Eaton and Lewis. He became an 
authority on the constitutionality of game-laws, and wrote 
several opinions for Forest and Stream. 



JAMES THWING FURNESS. 

q.AMES THWING FURNESS, of the Class of Ninety- 
*^ eight, died at Camp Cuba Libre, Jacksonville, Florida, 
on September ii, of t3'phoid fever, contracted while serving 
as corporal in Company H of the Fortj^-ninth Iowa Infantry. 

Furness was born September 9, 1876, at Chicago, where 
he spent most of his life. He was an only son. He prepared 
for college in the Harvard School of that city and entered 
Har\-ard College with the Class of Ninety-eight. He was 
interested in athletics, a member of the Fencing Club and of 
the Institute of 1770. Furness left College in April, 1897, to 
take a position in the freight department of the Iowa Central 
Railway, at Marshalltown, Iowa, v\^here he remained until 
his enlistment. 

In response to the first call for volunteers, Furness enlisted 
as a private in Company H of the Forty-ninth Iowa Infantry. 
He was soon given a corporal's chevrons. His regiment was 
stationed at Camp Cuba Eibre, Jacksonville, throughout the 
war. In August he contracted the disease which finally 
caused his death. 



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James Thwing Furness, '98. 




Roy Walter Stover, '98. 



ROY WALTER STOVER. 

1IJ0Y WAI.TER STOVER, of the Class of Ninety-eight, 
died at Manila on October 21, of typhoid fever, con- 
tracted while serving as sergeant major of the First Regiment 
of South Dakota Infantry. 

At the time of his death Stover was twenty-two years 
old. His home w'as in Marengo, low^a. Although a grad- 
uate of the State University of Iowa, he had always been 
ambitious to secure a degree from Harvard. To this end he 
entered college in the fall of ninety-six with the Class of 
Ninety-eight. Stover was much interested in debating, and 
became a member of the old Harvard Union and later of the 
University Debating Club, and was one of the men to be 
chosen at the preliminary trial for the Princeton debate last 
spring. In the fall of ninety-six, he was the winner of the 
Founder's Cup in shooting, and a member of the Harvard 
team in the intercollegiate shoot. It had been his intention 
to return to Cambridge this fall and enter the Law School. 
He v/as one of the enlisted men to be awarded a degree 
without examination. 

Previous to his enlistment in the First South Dakota, 
Stover had signed to go with Eight Battery A, M. V. M., in 
case they were ordered to the front. When it became appar- 
ent that they were not to be mustered into the service, he 
enlisted as a private in the Dakota regiment. Because of his 
former military experience and of his thorough ability he was 
soon appointed regimental sergeant major, the position he 
held when he died. Stover joined his regiment in May and 
accompanied it to the Philippines. On his arrival at Cavite, 
August 30, he was in the best of health. The next news of 
him was that he had died of fever. 



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STUART WADSWORTH WHEELER. 

TUART WADSWORTH WHEEI^ER, '98, a private in 
the Philadelphia City Troop, died on October 18 at the 
Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston from typhoid fever 
contracted while ser\dng with his troop in Porto Rico. 

Wheeler was twenty years old at the time of his death. 
He entered college from St. Paul's School in the fall of '94. 
He was immediately taken to the 'Varsity foot-ball squad and 
played tackle in the Yale and Pennsylvania games when 
Hallowell was injured. As much was expected of him the 
next season, the college was greatly disappointed because he 
was prevented from playing by his college work. In the 
season of '96, however, he played on the 'Varsity until the 
Brown game, when he received an injury which prevented 
him from playing again until the Pennsylvania game. The 
following year, he entered the Medical School from the Col- 
lege department. He was again on the 'Varsity, and played 
tackle in the second half of the Yale game. He was a mem- 
ber of the Institute of 1770, the Hasty Pudding Club and 
Alpha Delta Phi Club. 

At the outbreak of the war, Wheeler left the Harvard 
Medical School to be mustered into the Philadelphia City 
Troop, U. S. V. Soon after the fall of Santiago the troop 
was sent to Porto Rico, but before they had seen any active 
service hostilities came to an end. In September, Wheeler 
returned to New York with the rest of the Troop on the 
transport Mississippi ; and after spending a few days with 
his family in Philadelphia, he was sent to Maine to recuper- 
ate. While there, the fever which he had contracted in 
Porto Rico broke out, and he was removed to the Massachusetts 
General Hospital in Boston. At the first news of his sickness 
it was not thought that he was in a critical condition. But, 
weakened by his service, he gradually lost strength, and died 
on October 18. He was buried with military honors from the 
Church of the Redeemer, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 



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Stuart Wadsworth Whe;e;i.ur, '98. 




NatiianikIv Brown Adsit, 1900. 



NATHANIEL BROWN ADSIT, 

♦jq ATHANIElv BROWN ADSIT, of the Class of Nineteen 
Hundred, died on August i at his home in Buffalo, New 
York. The immediate cause of his death was heart failure, 
but he had been ill many days with typhoid fever, contracted 
in the camp of the Rough Riders at Tampa, Fla. 

Adsit was born October 20, 1876, at Hornellsville, N. Y., 
where his home had been for many years before going to 
Buffalo. He was an only son. He graduated from the 
Hornellsville High School, and prepared for college at 
Nichols' School of Buffalo. He had completed his Sopho- 
more year in Harvard College when he enlisted, and was 
planning to work over into the Scientific School with the 
view of becoming a railroad construction engineer. He 
played on his class foot-ball team in 1897 and ran on the 
winning class relay team last winter. He was a member of 
the Har\''ard Engineering Society and the Institute of 1770. 

In June, Adsit enlisted as a private in Troop C of the 
Rough Riders in answer to the second call for Harvard men 
to join that regiment. He had intended to answer the first 
call but was dissuaded. He was left behind at Tampa. In 
the hope that all the regiment would eventually be sent to 
Cuba, he well performed the disagreeable tasks of a Southern 
summer camp. At first he was in excellent health. He wrote 
of the low death rate of his regiment to reassure his friends 
at home. But suddenly word came that he was ill with fever. 
He obtained a leave of absence. Alone, weak from sickness 
and the jolting of the trains, he arrived at his home on July 
27. The strain was beyond his constitution. In six days he 
died. He lived as a man, he died as a man and a soldier, 
and was buried with soldier's honors. 



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RALPH WARD LAHMAN. 

IJ^ALPH WARD LAHMAN, of the Class of Nineteen 
Hundred, died in Cuba on August 17, of yellow fever 
contracted while ser^-ing as a private in the First Regiment 
of Illinois Infantry. 

Lahman was nineteen years old at the time of his death. 
His home was in Chicago, where he prepared for college. 
In the fall of '96 he entered Harvard as a special student, 
but because of ill health was obliged to leave at the end of 
his first year. He was an active member of the Freshman 
Debating Club. 

At the outbreak of the war, I^ahman was a member of 
the First Illinois Infantrv-, but at the first medical examina- 
tion of the regiment he was rejected. General constitutional 
weakness was the cause of his rejection. He was passed a 
few weeks afterwards, however, when the regiment was in 
camp being recruited to its full quota. He ser^^ed with his 
regiment in Cuba, where he contracted the yellow fever which 
caused his death in the army hospital at Santiago. 



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Ralph Ward Lahman, 1900. 



HARVARD ENLISTMENTS. 

<^^HE following provisional list of Harvard men who were 
^^ in the service of the United States Government during 
the war with Spain is revised and enlarged from those orig- 
inally published in the Harvard Crimson. Any corrections or 
additions should be sent to Mr. W. G. Brown, Deputy Keeper 
of the University Records, Gore Hall, Cambridge. In all 
cases in which a man was in college before going to a profes- 
sional school, he is listed with his college class. 

CI.ASS OF NINETY-EIGHT. 

Iv. R. Brine, corporal. Company H, Eighth Mass., sta- 
tioned at Chickamauga. 

H. Brown, U.S. Navy, formerly of Mass. Naval Reserve, 
on signal duty. 

C. C. Bull, serv^ed in Cuba, private, Troop A, Rough 
Riders. 

E. A. Bumpus, private. First Mass. Heavy Artillery, 
later first lieutenant, Twenty-first U. S. Infantry. 

H. C. Burdett, private, Company H, Eighth Mass., sta- 
tioned at Chickamauga. 

H. H. Childs (ex- '98), private. Troop A, New York 
Cavalry, served in Porto Rico. 

C. W. Cutter, private. Battery A, First Mass. Heavy 
Artillery, on coast defense duty. 

E. G. Davis, assistant-engineer on U. S. S. Wyandotte, 
rank of ensign. 

R. S. Davis, private. Company M, Fifth Mass., stationed 
at Lexington, Ky. 

E. B. Edwards, U. S. Navy, chief quartermaster on 
signal duty at Cape Elizabeth, Mass., formerly of Mass. 
Naval Reserve. 

G. T. Emmett, Company I, Sixty-ninth New York, sta- 
tioned at Camp Meade, Pa., promoted successively from 
second lieutenant to first lieutenant, to adjutant, aide-de-camp 
on Major General Coppinger's staff. 

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J. Flint, sensed in Porto Rico, private. Company A, Sixth 
Mass., admired by his regiment for his gratuitous and con- 
stant work in the regimental hospitals. 

J. S. Francis, range officer, rank of first lieutenant, on 
staff of First Mass. Heavy Artiller}- , on coast defense duty. 

E. D. Fullerton, first lieutenant. Battery A, First Mass. 
Heavy Artillery, on coast defense duty. 

J. T. Furness, corporal, Company H, Forty-ninth Iowa, 
stationed at Jacksonville, Fla., died September ii of typhoid 
fever at Camp Cuba Libre, Jacksonville. 

J. M. Gibbs, Jr., U. S. Navy, formerly of Mass. Naval 
Reserve, master-at-arms (third class) on U. S. S. Catskill. 

P. F. J. Gierasch, Hospital Corps, U. S. Army, left ill at 
Tampa. 

Iv. Iv. Gillespie, served in Porto Rico, first lieutenant. 
First Volunteer Engineers. 

D. M. Goodrich, enhsted as private in Troop B, Rough 
Riders, promoted to second lieutenant of Troop D in San 
Antonio, and to first lieutenant of same troop in Cuba, recom- 
mended for particular bravery and efl&ciency. 

ly. E. Guillow, private, Hospital Corps, stationed at Fort 
McPherson, Ga. 

F. ly. Hardenbrook, served at Manila in the Astor 
Batter>^ 

H. J. Holt, served in Cuba, private, Troop D, Rough 
Riders, later promoted to corporal. 

A. H. Howard, corporal. Battery A, First Mass. Heavy 
Artillery', on coast defense duty. 

C. H. Keene, private, Battery A, First Mass. Hea^^ 
Artiller>% on coast defense duty. 

C. N. King, U. S. Navy, formerly of Mass. Naval Re- 
serve, fireman (first class) on U. S. S. Prairie. 

J. ly. Knox, Jr., private, Battery A, First Mass. Heavy 
Artillery-, on coast defense duty. 

E. E. Eogan, sergeant-major, Ninth Mass., did not go to 
Cuba but as clerk and recruiting officer conducted the home 
affairs of the regiment. 

J. B. Moulton, U. S. Navy, formerly of Mass. Naval 
Reserve, boatswain's mate on U. S. S. Prairie. 

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G. Newhall (ex-'gS), served in Porto Rico, private, Penn- 
sylvania lyight Battery A. 

F. M. Newton, U. S. Navy, formerly of Mass. Naval 
Reserve, seaman on U. S. S. Prairie. 

E. D. Powers, corporal, Battery A, First Mass. Heavy 
Artillery, on coast defense duty. 

R. T, Prall (Sp. 'g^-'gS), acting corporal. Company H, 
Eighth Mass., stationed at Chickamauga. 

J. R. Procter, Jr., served in Porto Rico, second lieuten- 
ant, Battery B, Fifth U. S. Artillery. 

P. O. Robinson, U. S. Navy, formerly of Mass. Naval 
Reserve, chief quartermaster on U. S. S. Inca. 

H. Sayre, Jr., second lieutenant. Troop C, Rough Riders, 
remained in Tampa as acting adjutant. 

G. H. Scull, private. Troop C, Rough Riders, left in 
Tampa. 

R. W. Stover, served at Manila, sergeant major. First 
South Dakota, died at Manila on October 21, of typhoid 
fever. 

C. S. Tilden, private. Battery A, First Mass. Heavy 
Artillery, on coast defense duty. 

C. W. Wadsworth (Sp.), served in Cuba, private. Troop 
K, Rough Riders. 

H. F. Ward well, corporal. Company H, Eight Mass., 
stationed at Chickamauga. 

S. W. Wheeler, served in Porto Rico, Philadelphia City 
Troop, died of typhoid fever on October 18, at Boston. 

R. A. Whitford, private, Eighth Mass., stationed at 
Chickamauga. 

C. H. Williams (ex-'gS), private, Battery A, First 
Mass. Heavy Artillery, on coast defense duty. 

F. C. Wilson, private. Battery A, First Mass. Heavy 
Artillery, on coast defense duty. 

A. R. Wollcott, Jr., First Mass. Heavy Artillery, on 
coast defense duty. 

F. Woodbridge, U. S. Navy, formerly of Mass. Naval 
Reserve, seaman on U. S. S. Prairie. 



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CIvASS OF NINETY-NINE. 

G. E. Adams, corporal, Company K, Fifth Mass., sta- 
tioned at Lexington, Ky. 

F. M. Alger, assistant adjutant general on Major General 
Miles' staff, rank of captain, in the Commissary Department, 
served in Cuba and Porto Rico with Brigadier General Duf- 
field. 

R. N. Burnham, U. S. Navy, formerly of Mass. Naval 
Reserve, chief quartermaster of the signal station at Highland 
Light, Mass. 

H. Clapp, U. S. Navy, formerly of Mass. Naval Reserve, 
quartermaster (second class) of the signal station at Gay 
Head, Mass. 

Iv. G. Coleman, sergeant, Troop C, Rough Riders, left 
at Tampa. 

W. P. Eaton, private. Company A, First Rhode Island, 
stationed at Camp Meade, Pa. 

H. W. Finney, private. Company H, Eighth Mass., later 
promoted to corporal, honorably discharged on September ii, 
stationed at Chickamauga. 

T. Garrett, private, Company H, Eighth Mass., stationed 
at Chickamauga. 

J. Halliday, second lieutenant. Seventy-seventh Illinois, 
later promoted to battalion adjutant. 

G. McMurtry, private. Troop D, Rough Riders, left at 
Tampa. 

C. E. Mills (Sp. '95-'96), served in Cuba, private, Troop 
A, Rough Riders. 

S. F. Mills, served in Porto Rico, private, Philadelphia 
City Troop. 

G. Noble (ex- '99), ensign on U. S. S. Gloucester, pro- 
moted to quartermaster after the Santiago battle, with the 
landing party at Guanica which raised the first United States 
flag in Porto Pico. 

J. W. Norton, private, Troop C, Rough Riders, left at 
Tampa. 

W. S. Parker, U. S. Navy, formerly of the Mass. Naval 
Reserve, chief quartermaster of signal station at Gay Head, 
Mass. 

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W. M. Scudder, served in Cuba, private, Troop D, 
Rough Riders, and also in the Dynamite Gun Detachment. 

W. S. Simpson, ser\'^ed in Cuba, corporal. Troop D, 
Rough Riders, since appointed second lieutenant in the Tenth 
U. S. Infantry. 

F. R. Stoddard, private, Battery A, First Mass. Heavy 
Artiller>% on coast defense duty. 

H. C. Strong, private. Battery K, First Mass. Heavy 
Artillery, on coast defense duty. 

W. C. Thompson (ex-'gg), U. S. Navy, machinist (sec- 
ond class), served on U. S. S. Prairie. 

R. Wolcott, Jr., private, Battery A, First Mass. Heavy 
Artillery, on coast defense duty. 

E. A. Young, private. Company H, Eighth Mass., 
stationed at Chickamauga. 

CIvASS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED. 

N. B. Adsit, private. Troop C, Rough Riders, left at 
Tampa, died at Buffalo, August i, of typhoid fever. 

B. F. Bell, U.S. Navy, formerly of Mass. Naval Reserve, 
chief yeoman on U. S. S. Catskill. 

G. P. Bowler, private. Troop C, Rough Riders, left at 
Tampa. 

D. Elkins (Sp. 1900), served in Porto Rico on staff of 
General Coppinger, rank of captain. 

A. Hasbrouck, first sergeant. Two Hundred and First 
New York, later promoted to second lieutenant, stationed at 
Camp Black and Camp Meade. 

G. E. Hawkins (ex- 1900), served in Porto Rico, private. 
Twenty-seventh Indiana. 

R. O. Hodges (L. S. S.), U. S. Navy, formerly of Mass. 
Naval Reserve, quartermaster (second class) of signal sta- 
tion on Appledore Island. 

B. Kaufman, private. Battery D, P'irst Mass. Heavy 
Artillery, on coast defense duty. 

R. W. Lahman (ex-1900), served in Cuba, private, First 
Illinois, died of yellow fever at Santiago on August 17. 

W. S. McCornick, served in Cuba, private, Troop A, 
Rough Riders. 

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J. D. G. Oglesby, captain, Troop K, First Illinois Cav- 
alry, the youngest captain in the volunteer army. 

F. Rawle, Jr. (Sp. 1900), served in Porto Rico, private, 
Philadelphia City Troop. 

F. Simonds, served in Porto Rico, private, Company I, 
Sixth Mass. 

H. D. Symonds (ex- 1900), private, Company C, First 
Arizona, stationed at Lexington, Ky. 

H. P. Vaux (ex- 1 900), private, Battery A, Pennsyl- 
vania lyight Artillery, serv^ed in Porto Rico. 

I. G. Webster (ex- 1900), served in Cuba, private. 
Seventh U. S. Cavalry. 

J. O. Wells, served in Cuba, private. Troop D, Rough 
Riders. 

C. Wiener (ex-1900), lieutenant. Brigadier General 
Grant's staff, served in Porto Rico. 



CIvASS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND ONE. 

I^. H. Brittin (ly. S. S.), corporal. Battery A, First 
Mass. Heavy Artillery, on coast defense duty. 

H. T. Bull (ly. S. S.), private. First Regiment Volun- 
teer Engineers, served in Porto Rico. 

W. S. Burgess, U. S. Navy, formerly of Mass. Naval 
Reserve, gunner's mate on U. S. S. Prairie, twice promoted, 
and put in charge of the secondary battery. 

M. Cabell (Sp.) (record unknown). 

E. H. Douglass, First Mass. Heavy Artillery, on coast 
defense duty. 

W. Greene, U. S. Navy, landsman on U. S. S. Yankee. 

H. B. Grose, private, First Mass. Heavy Artillery, on 
coast defense duty. 

H. Lrivermore, served in Porto Rico, private, First 
Volunteer Engineer Corps. 

W. W. Rush (Sp.), private, Company F, Fifth Mass., 
stationed at Camp Meade, Pa. 

B. Taylor, served in Porto Rico, private, Company A, 
Sixth Mass. 

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CIvASS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO. 

W. T. Emery, private, Second Illinois, stationed at 
Tampa, Fla. 



CIvASS OF NINETY-SEVEN. 

H. Bancroft, adjutant, Fifth Mass., rank of first lieuten- 
ant, on staff of Brigadier General Bancroft. 

R. C. Barclay, served in Porto Rico, private. Troop A, 
New York Cavalry. 

E. Barker, U. S. Navy, served as third lieutenant on 
U. S. revenue cutters Rush and Manning. 

H. Barclay (ex-'gy), served in Porto Rico, sergeant of 
Hospital Corps, Troop A, New York Cavalry. 

A. Brown, served in Cuba, private, U. S. Artillery, com- 
mended for gallantrj^ 

E. H. Darling, served in Porto Rico, private, Second 
New York. 

G. H. Dorr, U. S. Navy, formerly of Mass. Naval 
Reser\^e, served on U. S. S. Prairie. 

A. M. Eaton, Jr., second lieutenant, Company A, First 
Rhode Island, later promoted to first lieutenant, stationed at 
Camp Meade, Pa. 

J. Fyffe, U. S. Navy, paymaster on U. S. S. Prairie. 

F. Heilig, private. Battery A, First Mass. Heavy Artil- 
lery, on coast defense duty. 

S. Hollister, served in Cuba, private. Troop A, Rough 
Riders, wounded in the charge of San Juan Hill, died of 
typhoid fever on August i8 in the hospital at Fortress 
Monroe. 

G. W. Knoblauch, served in Cuba, private, Troop K, 
Rough Riders. 

H. W. Miller, U.S. Navy, formerly of New York Naval 
Reserve, served on the Yankee. 

H. A. Reed (ex-'gy), U. S. Navy, served on U. S. S. 
Prairie ; later served in Cuba, Battery A, Second U. S. 
Artillery. 

A. Iv, Sanders (record unknown). 

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W. H. Sanders, sensed in Cuba, private, Troop B, 
Rough Riders, died of dysentery August 12 at Santiago. 

E. J. Stevens, serv^ed in Cuba, private, Troop K, Rough 
Riders. 

L. B. Valentine, served in Porto Rico, private. Troop A, 
New York Cavalry. 

C. W. Wadsworth (Sp.), served in Cuba, private, 
Troop K, Rough Riders. 

W. D. Walker, served in Porto Rico, first lieutenant. 
First U. S. Engineers. 

R. M. Whitney (ex-'gj), ser\-ed in Cuba, second lieuten- 
ant, Company C, Sixth Missouri. 



CI.ASS OF NINETY-SIX. 

A. F. Allen, lieutenant. Two Hundred and Second New 
York. 

H. N. Arnold, private, Troop A, Rough Riders, left at 
Tampa. 

E. C. Cowdin, serv^ed in Cuba, corporal. Troop D, Rough 
Riders. 

H. A. Curtis, private, Troop A, Rough Riders, left at 
Tampa. 

Iv. T. Dyer, served in Porto Rico, private. Troop A, New 
York Cavalry. 

E. B. Holt, private, Batter>^ A, First Mass. Heavy Artil- 
lery, on coast defense duty. 

J. H. Iselin, ser^^ed in Porto Rico, corporal. Troop A, 
New York Cavalr3\ 

F. G. Katzman (record unknown). 

A. S. Knudsen, served in Porto Rico, private. Troop A, 
New York Cavalry- . 

V. Munroe, served in Porto Rico, private. Troop A, New 
York Cavalry. 

J. P. Parker, U. S. Nav>', served on U. S. S. Eehigh. 

F. Outerbridge, served in Porto Rico, private, Troop A, 
New York Cavalry. 

J. L. Riker, served in Porto Rico, corporal. Troop A, 
New York Cavalry. 

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J. p. Roman, captain, First Marj^land, stationed at 
Camp Meade. 

H. A. Ross, private, Company F, First Connecticut, 
stationed at Niantic, Conn. Company F was also stationed 
at Portland, Me. 

H. L. Satterlee, served in Porto Rico, lance corporal, 
Troop A, New York Cavalry. 

W. Tudor, Jr., corporal. Troop K, Rough Riders, left ill 
in Tampa. 

J. A. White, private. First Mass. Heavy Artiller3% on 
coast defense duty. 

J. Iv. Worden (Sp. '92-' 93), sen/ed in Cuba, private, 
Troop K, Rough Riders. 



CIvASS OF NINETY-FIVE. 

\V. K. Brice, private secretary to Major General Merritt 
at Manila. 

E. Brown, corporal, Company A, First Rhode Island, 
stationed at Camp Meade, Pa. 

H. A. Bull, captain. Company A, Sixty-fifth New York, 
stationed at Camp Alger, Va. 

A. Cook (ex-'95), U. S. Navy, served on U. S. S. 
Prairie. 

J. C. Hancock, acting assistant surgeon, U. S. V., rank 
of first lieutenant, stationed at Camp Wikoff. 

ly. How, private, Connecticut Light Battery A, stationed 
at Niantic, Conn. 

F. C. Jones, private. Company M, Seventh California, 
stationed at San Francisco. 

A. M. Line, served in Porto Rico, private. Troop A, 
New York Cavalry. 

G. C. Lodge, U. S. Navy, cadet on U. S. S. Dixie, later 
promoted to ensign, honorably discharged September 17. 

J. F. McGrath, private. Battery A, First Mass. Heavy 
Artiller}^ on coast defense duty. 

W. L. Maloon, private. Troop K, Rough Riders, left in 
Tampa and discharged on account of sickness, June 17. 

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E. Melius, surgeon, U. S. Army. 

G. Murchie, serv'-ed in Cuba, private, Troop A, Rough 
Riders. 

W. C. Rogers, served in Cuba, corporal, Battery A, 
Second U. S. Artillery. 

J. W. Schereschewsky, Hospital Corps, U. S. Army. 

M. L. Scull, private, Rough Riders, left at Tampa. 

D. Tiffany, Jr., private, Battery A, Missouri I^ight 
Battery, honorably discharged because of an injury. 

H. P. Walker, served in Porto Rico, second lieutenant, 
Company A, First Volunteer Engineers. 

R. D. Wrenn, serv-ed in Cuba, private. Troop A, Rough 
Riders. 

H. H. Yeames, private. Sixty-fifth New York, stationed 
at Camp Alger, Va. 

W. S. Youngman, ser\^ed in Porto Rico, private, Phila- 
delphia City Troop. 



CIvASS OF NINETY-FOUR. 

C. T. Bond, corporal, Company E, Fifth Maryland, later 
promoted to sergeant, stationed at Tampa, Fla. 

J. Bordman, Jr., captain, Battery A, First Mass. Heavy 
Artillery, on coast defense duty. 

A. F. Cosby, served in Cuba, Rough Riders, wounded 
at Eas Guasimas, commended for bravery. 

J. W. Glidden, serv^ed in Cuba, second lieutenant, Fourth 
U. S. Infantry. 

J. D. Hubbell, served in Cuba, private. Rough Riders. 

R. T. Eawrence, served in Porto Rico, Troop A^ New 
York Cavalry, later staff officer, with rank of second lieu- 
tenant. 

M. Norman, served in Cuba, private, Troop K, Rough 
Riders. 

G. T. Weitzel, Jr., sensed in Porto Rico, Battery A, 
Missouri Eight Artillery. 



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CI.ASS OF NINETY-THREE. 

S. M. Brice, served in Cuba as a staff officer with rank 
of captain. 

S. Chew, served in Porto Rico, corporal, Philadelphia 
City Troop. 

G. C. Cook, corporal, Company B, Fiftieth Iowa, stationed 
at Jacksonville, Fla. 

R. Emniett, served in Porto Rico, sergeant, Troop A, 
New York Cavalr5^ 

C. Fairchild (ex-'93), served on U. S. S. Prairie. 

Lt. A. Frothingham, second lieutenant of marines on 
U. S. S. Yankee. 

O. B. Henshaw, private, Troop C, New York Cavalry, 
accidentally injured July 3, died July 4, at Camp Alger, Va. 

E. ly. House, chaplain, Fifth Mass., stationed at Camp 
Meade, Pa. 

H. F. Kent, serv^ed in Porto Rico, Philadelphia L,ight 
Battery A. 

W. J. Miller, private, Company A, Sixth Mass., served 
in Porto Rico. 

J. O. Porter, U. S. Nav>% lieutenant and commander of 
U. S. S. Catskill. 

L,. P. Sanders, serving at Manila, First Montana, adju- 
tant of a battalion. 

G. ly. Sheldon, captain. Third Nebraska, stationed at 
Savannah, Ga. 

H. E. Sears, served in Porto Rico, First U.S. Volunteer 
Engineers. 

F. S. Sidway (ex-'93), captain, Company C, Two Hun- 
dred and Second New York, stationed at Camp Meade, Pa. 

R. K, Thomas (ex-'93), private, Troop A, Rough 
Riders, left at Tampa. 

W. E. Thompson, served in Cuba, Company A, Second 
New York, stationed at Chickamauga, Tampa and Fernandino. 



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CLASS OF NINETY-TWO. 

W. Clark, served in Cuba, sergeant, Troop H, Rough 
Riders, wounded in the charge of San Juan Hill, recom- 
mended for bravery. 

A. R. Crandell, acting assistant surgeon, U. S. Army, 
rank of first lieutenant. 

S. L. Cromwell, served in Porto Rico, sergeant. Troop 
A, New York Cavalr^^ 

G. F. Dow, ser\'ed in Porto Rico, surgeon, Sixth Mass., 
rank of major. 

H. B. Frost, assistant surgeon. Eighth Mass., rank of 
first lieutenant. 

M. J. Henry, served in Cuba, private, Rough Riders, 
wounded at El Caney, later commissioned a staff ofiicer. 

A. H. Eockett, served in Porto Rico, private, Troop A, 
New York Cavalry. 

H. R. Mosher, acting assistant surgeon, U. S. Army, 
rank of first lieutenant. 

H. \V. Perry (ex-'92), ser^^ed in Porto Rico, private, 
Troop A, New York Cavalry. 

V. M. Porter, served in Porto Rico, private. Battery A, 
Missouri Eight Artillery. 

W. M. Weed, U. S. Na^^, served on U. S. S. Yankee. 

A. M. White, Jr., second Heutenant, Twelfth New York, 
stationed at Chickamauga and Eexington, Ky. 



CEASS OF NINETY-ONE. 

S. W. Allen, acting assistant surgeon, U. S. Army, rank 
of first lieutenant, 

H. R. Bishop, served in Porto Rico, second lieutenant, 
Compan}^ F, First Volunteer Engineers, later acting adjutant. 

F. G. Caffey, lieutenant colonel. Third Alabama (colored 
regiment), stationed at Mobile and Anniston, Ala. 

H. W. Corning, captain. Troop B, First Ohio Cavalry. 

F. B. Crowninshield, served in Cuba, private. Rough 
Riders. 

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D. S. Dean, served in Cuba, private, Troop B, Rough 
Riders, mentioned for bravery, later promoted to corporal. 

C. K. Dietrich, serving at Manila, corporal. Company K, 
First California. 

F. K. Edwards, served in Porto Rico, private, Company 
A, Sixth Mass. 

E. Emerson, Jr., went to Porto Rico as a spy, joined the 
Rough Riders on the firing line at El Caney after many 
hardships, mentioned for bravery by Colonel Roosevelt. 

E. M. Greer, second lieutenant. Company C, Fourteenth 
New York, aide-de-camp on staff of Brigadier General Roe, 
with rank of major. 

N. Neff, private. Troop H, Rough Riders, left at Tampa. 

J. B. Paine, range-finder, rank of first lieutenant. First 
Mass. Heavy Artillery, on coast defense duty, 

J. C. H. Richardson, served in Porto Rico, corporal. Com- 
pany A, Sixth Mass. 

C. E. Stearns, second lieutenant. Company F, Fifth 
Mass., stationed at Camp Meade, Pa. 

R. Wainwright, captain. Company F, Two Hundred and 
First New York. 



CEASS OF NINETY. 

William A. Chanler (ex-'go), assistant adjutant general 
with rank of captain on staff of Major General Wheeler, 
served in Cuba, recommended for gallantry. 

F. J. Cotton, acting assistant surgeon, U. S. Army, rank 
of first lieutenant. 

G. Norman, U.S. Navy, paymaster with rank of ensign 
on U. S. S. Iowa. 

S. Paine (ex-'go), second lieutenant. Battery A, First 
Mass. Heavy Artillery, on coast defense dut}^ 

J. B. Scott, private. Company C, Seventh California, 
stationed at San Francisco, promoted to corporal. 

W. B. Stearns, second lieutenant. Fifth Mass., stationed 
at Camp Meade, Pa. 



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CLASS OF EIGHTY-NINE. 

A. Goadby (ex-'Sg), Rough Riders. 

G. H. Norman, second lieutenant (junior grade) on 
U. S. S. Gloucester, received Admiral Cervera's sword on 
the latter's surrender off Santiago. 

P.M. I/5'dig, captain, Commissary Department, stationed 
at Chickamauga, later relieved for duty at Honolulu. 

S. D. Oppenheim, private, Rough Riders. 

M. I. I. Reuben (ex-'Sg), private, Battery A, First Mass. 
Heavy Artillery, on coast defense duty. 

I. A. Ruland, served in Porto Rico, corporal, Troop A, 
New York Cavalry. 

D. O. Samson (ex-'Sg), record unknown. 

T. Talbot, served in Porto Rico, second lieutenant, Com- 
pany M, Sixth Mass. 



CI.ASS OF EIGHTY-EIGHT. 

W. Abbott, serv^ed in Porto Rico, second lieutenant, First 
Volunteer Engineers. 

Earz Anderson, served in Cuba, second lieutenant, 
Twenty-first U. S. Infantry ; later appointed assistant adju- 
tant general on staff of Brigadier General Davis, wdth rank 
of captain. 

J. J. Astor (ex- '88), chief of staff to General Shatter, 
rank of lieutenant colonel, organizer of Astor Battery. 

J. A. Bailey, Jr., second lieutenant, U. S. Volunteers, 
did not serve because of defective eyesight. 

R. H. Van Deman, serv^ed in Cuba, second lieutenant, 
Twenty-first U. S. Infantry; later appointed aide-de-camp 
on staff of Brigadier General Davis, with rank of first 
lieutenant. 

C. E. Edson, acting assistant surgeon, U. S. Army, 
May I to II, assigned to Fort Eogan, Col. 

Grover Flint, chief of scouts in Cuba, rank of major. 

E. Wardman, served in Porto Rico, private, Troop A, 
New York Cavalry ; later first lieutenant, Two Hundred and 
Second New York. 

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CI.ASS OF EIGHTY-SEVEN. 

R. M. Appleton, U.S. Navy, second lieutenant of Marine 
Corps, on duty at Boston Navj^ Yard. 

W. A. Herv^ey, enlisted in One Hundred and Thirty- 
third New York ; later promoted to commissary with rank of 
captain on staff of Colonel E. E. Brittin. 

F. C. Huntington, served in Porto Rico, corporal. Troop 
A, New York Cavalry. 

E. A. Thomson, served in Porto Rico, lance corporal, 
Troop A, New York Cavalry. 

G. H. Tuttle, acting assistant surgeon, U. S. A., served 
at Fort Thomas, Ky. 

R. A. Zerega, U. S. Na\'y, assistant paymaster with 
rank of ensign on U. S. S. New Hampshire. 



CEASS OF EIGHTY-SIX. 

W. S. Barnes, captain, Eighth California. 

R. W. Black, private. Battery K, First Mass. Heavy 
Artillery, on coast defense duty. 

A. K. Day, assistant surgeon with rank of first lieutenant. 
First New Hampshire, stationed at Chickamauga and Eexing- 
ton, Ky. 

F. R. Frost, major, U.S. Volunteers. 

J. A. Frye, resigned from Governor's staff to become 
major. First Mass. Heavy Artillery, on coast defense duty. 

A. P. Gardner, served in Porto Rico, assistant adjutant 
general with rank of captain on Major General Wilson's 
staff, stationed at Chickamauga. 

A. A. Gleason, first lieutenant, acting quartermaster 
and commissary. Battery K, First Mass. Heavy Artillery, on 
coast defense dut)^ 

F. S. Parker (ex-'86), second lieutenant, Fifth Mass.; 
later promoted to aide-de-camp with rank of first lieutenant 
on staff of Brigadier General Bancroft. 

J. H. Payne, Jr., U. S. Navy, assistant surgeon with 
rank of ensign, at the Marine Corps recruiting office, Boston. 

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CLASS OF EIGHTY-FIVE. 

R. P. Carroll, acting lieutenant (junior grade) on U. S. S. 
Newark, honorably discharged on September 8. 

Winthrop A. Chanler, ser\^ed in Cuba, second lieutenant, 
Troop A, Rough Riders, wounded at Las Guasimas, com- 
mended for gallantrj' by General Wheeler. 

W. Cowdin, first lieutenant. Twelfth New York, stationed 
at Chickamauga and Lexington ; promoted to a battalion 
adjutancy with rank of major, honorably discharged on 
September 15. 

J. Lawrence, U. S. Navy, acting ensign on U. S. S. 
Inca, later on U. S. S. Wyandotte. 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-FOUR. 

W. S. Bryant, assistant surgeon with rank of first lieu- 
tenant, First Mass. Hea\^^ Artillery, on coast defense duty, 
promoted to surgeon of the brigade under Brigadier General 
Bancroft, later acting division surgeon. 

G. W. Fishback, U. S. A., additional paymaster at 
Washington, later chief paymaster in Porto Rico. 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. 

R. G. Butler, lieutenant. Twenty-second New York. 
R. D. Winthrop, commissary in U. S. Volunteer Army, 
rank of captain. 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-TWO. 

W. Kane (ex-'82), serv^ed in Cuba, first lieutenant, Troop 
K, Rough Riders, later promoted to captain of same troop. 

H. K. Norman (ex- '82), executive officer on provision 
ship Glacier. 



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CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE. 

H. H. Benham (ex-'8i), served in Cuba, captain, Second 
U. S. Infantry. 

F. J. B. Cordeiro, U. S. Navy, surgeon on the U. S. S. 
New Orleans, rank of lieutenant. 

C. Guild, Jr., first lieutenant and adjutant of Sixth 
Mass., later appointed inspector general with rank of lieu- 
tenant colonel on staff of Major General Lee. 

S. Hammond, U. S. Navy, ensign on colliers Caesar and 
Justin. 

L. Hunt (ex-'8i), U. S. Navy, paymaster with rank of 
lieutenant on U. S. S. New Orleans. 

J. E. Maxfield, chief of signal corps of Seventh Army 
Corps, rank of major, in charge of balloon work at Santiago, 
rank of lieutenant colonel. 

H. S. Van Shaick (ex-'8i), served in Cuba, private. 
Troop K, Rough Riders. 



CLASS OF EIGHTY. 

C. C. Foster, surgeon with rank of major. Fifth Mass., 
stationed at Camp Meade, Pa. 

W. M. Grinnell (ex-'8o), major, U. S. Volunteers, on 
staff of General Poland, stationed at Chickamauga. 

W. A. Pew, colonel. Eighth Mass., stationed at Chicka- 
mauga and Lexington, Ky., acting brigadier general. 

T. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of U. S. Navy, lieutenant 
colonel of Rough Riders (First United States Volunteer 
Cavalry), in command of regiment at San Juan Hill July i, 
promoted to colonel in Cuba, commended for gallantry. 

R. Trimble, U. S. Navy, ensign on U. S. S. Puritan. 

R. W. G. Welling, U. S. Navy, ensign on U. S. S. 
Puritan. 



CLASS OF SEVENTY-NINE. 

F. Donaldson, served in Cuba, surgeon. Rough Riders, 
ill with yellow fever, ser\^ed at Montauk Point after his 
recovery. 

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CLASS OF SEVENTY-EIGHT. 

W. A. Bancroft, appointed brigadier general of U. S 
Volunteer Army on May 27, assigned to second brigade, 
Second Division, Seventh Army Corps, at Jacksonville, Fla., 
resigned and honorably discharged on August 17. 

W. Kessler, U. S. Navy, assistant engineer, with rank 
of ensign, on U. S. S. San Francisco and U. S. S. Iris. 



CLASS OF SEVENTY-SEVEN. 

G. W. Allen, U. S. Na\^^ passed assistant surgeon on 
U. S. S. Prairie, rank of lieutenant. 

H. M. Burr, U. S. Navy, assistant paymaster with rank 
of ensign on U. S. S. Catskill. 

A. B. Denny, U. S. NavJ^ executive officer, lieutenant 
and later commander of U. S. S. Eehigh. 



CLASS OF SEVENTY-FOUR. 

W. C. Sanger, lieutenant colonel. Two Hundred and 
Third New York, stationed at Camp Meade, Pa. 



CLASS OF SEVENTY-TWO. 

Perry Belmont, inspector general with rank of major on 
staff of Major General Butler, stationed at Camp Alger, Va., 
since resigned and honorably discharged. 

CLASS OF SEVENTY-ONE. 

P. A. Lovering, U. S. Navy, surgeon on U. S. S. 
Oregon and U. S. S. Lancaster, with rank of lieutenant. 

CLASS OF SEVENTY. 

W. A. Wadsworth, quartermaster in U. S. Army with 
rank of major, in charge of transports going to Manila, depart- 



ment quartermaster at Cavite, took active part in the attack 
of Manila, in charge of the commander's headquarters at 
Manila. 

CIvASS OF SIXTY-NINE. 

F. Bartlett, colonel, Twenty-second New York, preparing 
to go to Porto Rico when hostilities ceased. 



CI.ASS OF SIXTY-FIVE. 

C. J. Train (ex- '65), U. S. Navy, commander of U. S. S. 
Prairie, since assigned to the monitor Puritan. 

J. H. Willard (ex- '65), major, Engineer Corps, U. S. 
Army. 



CEASS OF SIXTY-FOUR. 

W. R. Eivermore (ex-'64), chief engineer of Seventh 
Army Corps, rank of lieutenant colonel. 



CEASS OF SIXTY-TWO. 

C. H. Manning, chief engineer of naval station at Key 
West, detached for sickness on August 6 and put on waiting 
orders. 

CEASS OF SIXTY. 

C. A. Whittier, brigadier general, inspector general of 
U. S. Army, served through the Civil War, served in the 
Philippines as collector of customs and a commissioner to 
arrange peace terms on the surrender of Manila, testified 
before the U.S. Peace Commission at Paris. 



CEASS OF FIFTY- SEVEN. 

J. D. Eong, secretary of the U. S. Navy during the 
entire period of the war. 

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LAW SCHOOL. 

W. L. Bouve, '79, assistant adjutant general with rank 
of captain on staff of Brigadier General Andrews, lionorably 
discharged on September 24. 

J. C. Breckinridge, '95, served in Porto Rico, chief 
quartermaster with rank of captain on Major General Wil- 
son's staff, first man to enter Coamo. 

P. A. Crapo, '94, private, Fiftieth Iowa, acting clerk for 
the regimental quartermaster, died September 18 of typhoid 
fever at Jacksonville, Fla. 

*G. D. Christy, Sp. '96-'98, adjutant, First Arizona. 

A. J. Draper, 2L., served in Porto Rico, corporal, Com- 
pany M, Sixth Mass. 

F. E. Draper, Jr., '98, ser^^^ed in Porto Rico, corporal. 
Company A, Second New York. 

S. K. Gerard, 1900, corporal. Troop C, Rough Riders, left 
at Tampa. 

L. P. Howland, '90, second lieutenant in First Illinois 
Cavalry. 

W. S. Hubbell, 1900, private. Battery A, Connecticut 
Light Artillery, stationed at Niantic, Conn. 

A. H. Jackson, '55, U. S. Army, paymaster with rank 
of major, breveted lieutenant colonel, stationed at Denver, 
Col., sensed in Civil War. 

F. H. Krebs, ex- '92, ser\^ed in Cuba, private, Company 
H, Second Mass., colonel's orderly at battle of El Caney. 

G. G. King, ex-'98, served in Porto Rico, private, 
Company I, Sixth Mass. 

H. W. Lawton, ex- '68, major general in command of 
Third Division, Fifth Army Corps, and of the military district 
of Santiago, served gallantly in the Civil War. 

J. W. Lord, '98, served in Porto Rico, private, Phila- 
delphia City Troop. 

A. C. Matteson, '96, lieutenant. Company C, First 
Rhode Island, vStationed at Camp Meade, Pa. 

P. J, McCook, '99, served in Porto Rico, corporal. Com- 
pany A, Sixth Mass. 

F. G. McKean, Jr., '97, private, Company D, First 
Pennsylvania. 

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H. Melville, '84, captain, Company A, Eighth New York, 
stationed at Chickamauga. 

A. J. Myer, Sp., adjutant with rank of first lieutenant, 
Third New York ; later promoted to major of Two Hundred 
and Second New York. 

J. O. Nichols, '93, served in Porto Rico, private, Troop 
A, New York Cavalry. 

A. C. Orrick, ex-'95, served in Porto Rico, private. 
Battery A, Missouri I^ight Artillery. 

K. S. Otis, '60, major general, commanding Department 
of Pacific, Eighth Army Corps, military governor of Philip- 
pines. 

G. W. Pearson, ex-'go, served in Porto Rico, lieutenant. 
Sixth Mass. 

H. I. Riker, ex-'95, served in Porto Rico, guidon cor- 
poral. Troop A, New York Cavalry. 

G. S. Self ridge, '92, U. S. Navy, first lieutenant and 
navigator on U. S. S. Catskill, later first lieutenant on U. S. 
S. Marcellus. 

W. A. Talcott, Jr., '97, served in Cuba, corporal, Com- 
pany M, Seventy-first New York, ill at Camp Wikoff, died 
of ^'malarial fever at Watch Hill, Rhode Island, September i . 

P. Tworoger, Sp. '92, served in Porto Rico, private, 
Sixth Mass. 

W. J. Williams, '89, served in Porto Rico, captain, 
Company F, Sixth Mass. 

MEDICAI. SCHOOL. 

J. W. Baker, '81, U. S. Navy, surgeon, rank of lieuten- 
ant, served on U. S. S. Michigan. 

C. N. Barney, '95, U. S. Navy, assistant surgeon on 
U. S. S. Scindia, rank of ensign, later assistant surgeon of 
Fifth Mass. 

F. E. Bateman, '94, assistant surgeon with rank of first 
lieutenant. Fifth Mass., stationed at Camp Meade, Pa. 

C. R. Burr, '88, U. S. Navy, assistant surgeon with rank 
of ensign, served on U. S. S. Monterey. 

W. P. Chamberlain, '97, record unknown. 

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W. Cogswell, '94, surgeon, rank of major, Eighth Mass. 

F. C. Cook, '93, U. S. Navy, passed assistant surgeon 
witli rank of lieutenant (junior grade), served on U. S. S. 
Wilmington. 

W. H. Coon, '97, contract surgeon at Camp Wikoff. 

J. J. Curry, '96, acting assistant surgeon in the army 
hospital at Fort Myer, Va. 

H. S. Bearing, '82, surgeon, rank of major, First Mass. 
Heavy Artillery. 

S. Delano, '83, surgeon at Camp Wikoff. 

W. H. Devine, '83, assistant surgeon with rank of first 
lieutenant. Ninth Mass., promoted to brigade surgeon, then 
to division surgeon with rank of major of second division. 
Second Army Corps. 

C. E. Donlan, '98, ser\^ed in Porto Rico, private. First 
U. S. Volunteer Engineers. 

R. E. Edes, '95, U. S. Nav5^ acting assistant surgeon on 
U. S. S. Celtic, rank of ensign. 

A. Farenholt, '93, U. S. Na^^, acting assistant surgeon. 

G. F. Freeman, '96, U. S. Navy, assistant surgeon with 
rank of ensign, served on U. S. S. Peoria. 

T. F. Goulding, '96, U. S. Army, assistant surgeon, rank 
of first lieutenant, assigned to First U. S. Cavalry. 

A. Greenwood, '81, U. S. Army, acting assistant surgeon. 

D. J. Johnson, '97, acting assistant surgeon U. S. Army, 
rank of first lieutenant, stationed at Fort Warren, Mass. 

T. Leary, '95, U. S. Army, acting assistant surgeon. 

F. P. T. Eogan, '97, assistant surgeon, rank of first 
lieutenant, Eighth Mass. 

O. H. Marion, '66, surgeon. Sixth Mass., rank of major, 
later acting brigade surgeon, Second Brigade, first division, 
-Second Army Corps. 

C. J. McGillicuddy, '96 (record unknown). 

W. E. McPherson, '91, hospital steward. Fifth Mass., 
promoted to assistant surgeon and first lieutenant, stationed 
at Camp Meade, Pa. 

F. T. h. Magurn, '95 (record unknown). 

C. E. Munn, '66, acting chief surgeon with rank of 
major at Denver, Col. 

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R, F. O'Neill, U. S. Navy, passed assistant surgeon, 
served on U. S. S. Catskill. 

F. W. Pearl, '94, assistant surgeon, Fifth Mass., later 
surgeon with rank of major, stationed at Camp Meade, Pa. 

W. F. Rittler, '95, corporal, Company I,, Fifth Maryland. 

S. Q. Robinson, '76, acting chief surgeon of Department 
of Santiago, recommended for gallantry. 

R. R. Robinson, '88, First Rhode Island. 

W. A. Rolfe, '90, assistant surgeon, rank of lieutenant, 
First Mass. Heavy Artillery. 

F. G. Sanborn, 1900, hospital corps at Tampa, later 
assistant on the hospital trains and then in the general 
hospital at Fort McPherson, Ga. 

J. W. Schereschewsky, '98, Hospital Corps, U. S. Army. 

H. E. Sears, '97, contract surgeon at Camp Wikoff. 

K. P. Stone, '84, U. S. Navy, passed assistant surgeon, 
served on U. S. S. Bennington, rank of lieutenant. 

J. F. Urie, '88, U. S. Navy, passed assistant surgeon 
with rank of lieutenant (junior class), served on U. S. S. 
Topeka. 

ly. M. Walker, '91, U. S. Army, acting assistant surgeon 
in army hospital at Fortress Monroe. 

F. A. Washburn, '96, served in Porto Rico, assistant 
surgeon, rank of first lieutenant, Sixth Mass. 

lyconard Wood, '84, colonel. Rough Riders, promoted to 
brigadier general and major general, military governor of 
Santiago. 

J. P. Yost, '98, assistant surgeon, rank of first lieutenant, 
First California. 



GRADUATE SCHOOL. 

A. S. Cushman, Ph. D. '98-'99, assistant '97-'98, served 
in Porto Rico, private. Company A, Sixth Mass., now in 
commissary department of U. S. Army with rank of captain. 

T. D. Parker, '94, U. S. Navy, assistant engineer, rank 
of ensign, served on U. S. S. Puritan. 

M. B. Penguet, assistant '97-'98, record unknown. 

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DIVINITY SCHOOL. 

P. Collier, '82/U. S. Na\T, ser\'ed on U. S. S. Prairie 
with rank of ensign. 



DENTAL SCHOOL. 

D. J. Alexander, 1900, private. Hospital Corps, U. S. 
Army, later promoted to acting steward at Fort McPherson, 
Ga. 

F. W. Bailey, '98, Emergency Corps, U. S. Army. 

R. T. Moffatt, '95, served as ensign on U. S. S. Minne- 
sota, U. S. S. Inca, and U. S. S. Wyandotte. 

J. M. Rogers, private. Company C, Second Georgia, 
stationed at Tampa, later transferred to Hospital Corps, 
hospital steward at Huntsville, Ala. 



LAWRENCE SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL. 

W. S. Burke, instructor, retired passed assistant engi- 
neer, served at Boston Navy Yard as inspector of machinery. 



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Mass Meeting. 

TO DECIDE ON A MEMORIAE TO THE HARVARD MEN IN 

THE WAR. 

HS a result of the generally expressed desire of the 
University, a mass meeting of Harvard alumni and 
undergraduates was held in Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, on 
the evening of October 2 1 . President Donald of the Senior 
class presided. He expressed the purpose of the meeting in 
the following words : 

"This meeting has been called in order that a fitting 
tribute in the form of a lasting memorial may be erected to 
the memory of the Harvard men who fell in the late war, and 
in appreciation of those other Harvard men whose lives were 
not required." 

President Donald then read the following letter from 
Colonel Roosevelt : 

New York, October 20, 1898. 

Gentlemen, — Will you tell the members of the under- 
graduates' meeting that in all sincerity it is absolutely 
impossible to leave this State now. That alone prevents my 
being with them. I should rather be with them than at any 
other meeting, because it does seem to me that Harvard 
should take some such action as is proposed. I feel closely 
drawn to all Harvard men ; and how can I help feeling most 
closel)^ draw^n to those who lay with me in the trenches and 
who fought beside me at Santiago ? Surely Harvard will see 
that some memorial is erected to those of her sons who gladly 
gave their young lives when it seemed to them that the 
country called for the offering. 

Faithfully yours, 

Theodore Roosevelt. 

President Kliot was next introduced and spoke in full as 
follows : 

"Brother Roosevelt's phrase, 'Gave his young life,' is 
a good one enough, but how much it means ; these youths 
who died in this Cuban war had given what you all are 
looking forward to with intense hope, expectation and delight, 

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satisfaction and joy. Life is over with them. For you it is 
just opening. Imagine for an instant what they have given. 
It is all done with them, for they cannot experience the joys, 
the lights, the hope which fills your heart with anticipation. 
A human life is gone for them. 

" What did they give their lives for? We have been 
asking that question, and sometimes we get an adverse 
answer. We all notice the sentiment that this war was not 
worth fighting for ; that this war will bring upon the country 
unforeseen evils ; that the young men had no cause to go to 
this war ; that educated young men, in particular, ought to 
have known better than to have gone to such a war. I do 
but repeat what I hear. These views seem to me to be 
unsound, 5^et if sound, irrelevant ; have we no right to 
•question these objections tonight ? 

' ' Shall we commemorate the sacrifices of these, our young 
comrades ? What does this building teach ? What has it 
been teaching to the youth of Harvard for thirty- j^ears ? 
What does it say to the men who have gone in and out here 
during their whole college lives ? Has it not said to them, it 
is noble to die for 3'our country ? Has it not said to them, if 
you die for j^our country- your name shall be written up 
somewhere on the grounds of the college ? I, for one, feel 
that Memorial Hall had said just that to all those who went 
to this Cuban war last spring. It has said to them, you shall 
be remembered here if you fall. Now, was there anjlhing 
about the moral quality of this war which should lead to the 
disappointment of this hope, to the breaking of that promise ? 
I cannot think so ; we do not know toda}' what the issues of 
this war are to be. 

' ' How much did those young men know about the 
issues of this war when the}^ went ? How much can any 
generation of any young men probably know about the issues 
of any war to which the}' may be summoned b}- the Govern- 
ment of their country ? I am sure the young men themselves 
did not know anything about the issues of the Civil War ; 
they had no vision of its issue ; they went because they loved 
their country and because the existence of their country 
seemed to be threatened ; they went because they loved the 

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Union and found that that Union was in danger. Now these 
are elementarj^ instances to which the youth of any nation 
must respond so long as war is the inevitable method of 
settling disputes which grow out of human ignorance and 
passion. 

"Again, what is the real, serious strength of this 
country among the nations of the earth, when we keep no 
standing army and but a small navy ? Why has the opinion 
and the word of the United States been respected among the 
nations of the earth, when to all appearances we were with- 
out the means of physically enforcing them ourselves ? It is 
not because in this free countrj^ it is proper that when our 
Government needs the force, the young men spring to arms. 
The ver}'- reason why we have been able to get on with a 
standing army of 25,000 men among 70,000,000 of people is 
that foreign nations and our own people believe that when 
our Government calls for troops the troops would be forth- 
coming, and that quick, and that without much stopping to 
reason, or to anticipate the issues of the threatening strife. 
If in the future this country shall be able to get on well and 
hold a strong place among the nations of the earth without 
maintaining such armies and navies as have burdened the 
other nations of the earth, it will be because the other nations 
and we ourselves believe that when the Government of this 
country summons its appeal to battle, the youth shall come. 
Now this is just what our comrades who had died in this 
Cuban war did ; and I believe that they should be lastingly 
commemorated on these grounds. 

' ' But I would not advise that any hasty action be taken 
with regard to the form of the memorial. On looking back 
on Memorial Hall I see that it was several years alter the 
close of the Civil War before this building began to rise on 
this spot, and there were good reasons for the delay in the 
designing of the tribute. We do not yet know how many 
graduates and sons of Harvard were enlisted in this war ; 
they keep dying here and here. I^et us not be too quick to 
imagine what form of memorial shall be raised to these 
friends of ours whose lives have been given in this war. Let 
us declare here that, so far as in us lies, they shall be 

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worthily commemorated here, but let us wait until we know 
how many are to be commemorated in this war ; let us wait 
until we know more than we now do about the issues of this 
war. It is true that the memory of those who fall in any 
war is affected by the issues of the war. There is no doubt 
that men hold in remembrance longer and more dearly those 
who fought in a war which turns out to be a war for civiliza- 
tion, for the progress of mankind. I^et us wait, then, until 
we know something more than we now know about the ulti- 
mate issues of the strife in which our comrades fell, but let 
us absolutely determine that they shall be affectionately and 
honorably remembered here." 

The next speaker introduced was J. B- Norton Shaw, 
'98, who said: 

' ' The work of commemoration should fall to us since the 
men who gave their lives were a part of us, and to us, next 
to their families, the loss comes nearest." Shaw then related 
a story of Stanley Hollister, when the latter was in the 
'Varsity crew, and it seemed admirably to show the spirit 
that animated the man, who though twice badly wounded in 
the trenches at San Juan continued bravely fighting to the 
end. Continuing he said: " The memorial should commem- 
orate not only those who gave their lives for the country, 
but also those who were left behind in camp, and who did 
their simple duties faithfully." 

Major Higginson was the last speaker of the evening. 
He said : 

"Thirty-four years ago, while our army was lying care- 
lessly at Cedar Creek, in the Shenandoah valley, it was 
set upon suddenly and almost routed by the Confederates. 
Sheridan turned the defeat into victory. But in the very 
moment of triumph Charles I/Owell was mortally wounded 
while leading his men on. His ideal, which, it may be said, 
the Harvard men in this war have exemplified, was to look 
strangers in the face and to speak the truth. It is not neces- 
sary to speak here of the righteousness of this war. It came 
and is finished victoriously, for which we are grateful. In 

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the Civil War the Northerners fought to maintain our national 
integrity and to wipe out our own great national sin — while 
in this Cuban war we all fought to wipe out the sin of another 
nation. 

' ' War is hideous under all circumstances, but this Cuban 
war has brought us some advantages. Though the South- 
erners had accepted the results of the Civil War with gener- 
osity and real philosophy, yet nothing could have so welded 
the country together as this foreign war. Think of the old 
Confederate, General Wheeler, saying : 'Ah, you don't know 
how good it feels to wear once more the uniform of the United 
States.' The war has set forth in strong colors the dauntless, 
steady qualities of our negro soldiers. It has called out a 
strong wave of enthusiastic devotion to our country through- 
out the land. If, as we hope, it has prepared a silent alliance 
between England and the United States, it has done much 
toward the peace of the world, for no nation or nations will 
lightly take up a quarrel with the combined English-speaking 
peoples. 

' ' But in any case the wishes, the feelings, the motives 
of Harvard students seemed to me the same in 1861 and in 
1898. I cannot distinguish between them. Last spring the 
students said, ' Our country calls us for the sake of humanity 
and of good government, and we are going to meet the call. 
We cannot stop now to consider the causes of the war, else 
we shall be too late. Good bye.' They went to serve their 
country without hesitation or counting of costs. As to con- 
duct in service or deserts, whether it was David Goodrich 
and his men storming the heights of San Juan, or George 
Norman fearlessly carrying out Wainwright's orders in the 
fierce attack on Cervera's fleet and in rescuing the drowning 
Spanish sailors ; whether it was Dr. Burrell or Dr. Bradford 
planning and toiling day and night to save the sick men ; or 
Sherman Hoar, seeking out the fever-stricken camps or tend- 
ing the sick men in railroad stations, or wrestling with 
Secretary Alger or Surgeon Sternberg for honest care of the 
soldiers, fighting for others while unconsciously pouring out 
his life blood until he could no longer stand ; whether it was 
lyouis Frothingham doing patrol duty on his gunboat, or the 

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class poet, Guy Scull, cleaning his horses at Tampa on his 
class day and longing to be in the fight ; whether it was 
Colonel Wood, once a Harvard ledical student, who led his 
Rough Riders .so gallantly in CuLa, and who is now establish- 
ing law and order in Santiago ; or the future governor of 
New York State, who throws his wh tl^ 'trength and might 
into every- contest ; whether it is tl^ or the dead — it 

is all one. They all seized the oppoiti .uy and freely gave 
what they had and what they were, and never counted the 
cost. 

" It is good for people to feel and to act in this way, and 
to estimate their own value only as what it can accomplish 
for others. Among many Harvr rd umni who have labored 
in the hospital, three come to my m d — merely as samples. 
They said to me, ' It is my vacation and I have time to help. 
What can I do to help ? ' And they went to Cuba or to 
Montauk Point, where they worked intelligently and un- 
sparingly until the agony was past — and then one word to 
us, ' Thank you for the chance.' That is the true spirit of 
Han-ard." 

J. H. Perkins, '98, then offered the following resolutions, 
which were unanimously adopted : 

' ' Whereas, During the war with Spain many undergrad- 
uates and alumni of Harvard, impelled by their sense of 
patriotism, enlisted in the army and navy of the United 
States, and 

' ' Whereas, In the loyal performance of their duty several 
met death, 

''Therefore, We, their comrades and friends, to express 
our love for them and our pride in their happy memor>^ do 

' 'Resolve, That a committee be appointed by the Chairman 
which shall be empowered to take such steps as may seem to 
it proper toward the erection of a worthy memorial at 
Hansard." 



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